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The Computing & Information Science Minor


This page summarizes the requirements for the minor in Computing & Information Science. For a detailed description see the 2005 Bulletin Entry for the CIS Department .

Brief Descriptions of CIS Courses are available. The minor consists of 18 credits (typically 6 courses) in CS. Six of the credits must consist of the following two-course sequence:
  • CS 110, Computing and Information Science I
  • CS 111, Computing and Information Science II
The remaining 12 credits in CS must include at least 3 credits at the 300 level or above. At most 6 of these 12 credits may be at the 100 level. One approved computer course from another department may be included, subject to the approval of the CIS department chairperson.

Specializations of the CIS Minor


The courses for the CIS minor can be chosen so as to specialize in one of the following areas. See the CIS faculty for assistance in planning how to specialize the CIS minor.
  • Databases
    • CS 110, Computing & Information Science I
    • CS 111, Computing & Information Science II
    • CS 305, Web Technologies (minimum prerequisite is CS 111 for the minor)
    • CS 321, Data Communications
    • CS 350, Database Concepts and Information Structures
    • CS 352, Networked and Large Database Systems
  • Web Technologies
    • CS 110, Computing & Information Science I
    • CS 111, Computing & Information Science II
    • CS 205, Webpage Programming and Design
    • CS 250, User Interface Design, or CA 235, Intro to Web Design
    • CS 305, Web Technologies
    • CS 350, Database Concepts and Information Structures
  • Mathematics & Computing
    • CS 110, Computing & Information Science I
    • CS 111, Computing & Information Science II
    • CS 170, Discrete Structures I
    • CS 171, Discrete Structures II
    • CS 270, Introduction to Numerical Computation
    • CS elective at 300-level or above
  • Computer Security
    • CS 110, Computing & Information Science I
    • CS 111, Computing & Information Science II
    • CS 221, Data Structures
    • CS 225, Computer and Network Security
    • CS 321, Data Communications
    • CS 465, Management Information Systems, or CS 359, Computing Science Project (using a security-related project)
  • Computer Languages
    • CS 110, Computing & Information Science I
    • CS 111, Computing & Information Science II
    • CS 221, Data Structures
    • CS 230, Computer Architecture and Assembly Language
    • CS 310, Programming Languages
    • CS 255, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, or CS 350, Database Concepts and Information Structures
Maintained by: Br. David Carlson
Last updated: September 28, 2007